Pietersen not awarded central contract

Kevin Pietersen is notable by his absence from the list of players awarded central contracts for the 2012-13 season by the ECB.
Pietersen has been left out of the England team since the Leeds Test against South Africa following the revelation that he sent messages containing derogatory remarks about the England captain, Andrew Strauss, to members of the South Africa touring squad. It later emerged that Pietersen’s relationship with several members of the England squad had deteriorated to an unhealthy level.
In releasing a statement containing the names of the ten centrally contracted…